Take comfort, folks, because the federal government is trying to find and root out “fake news.” If you’ve ever been dubious about what you’ve read or seen on TV, you can begin to drop your guard because somebody in Washington is on the job for you, ready to sort the honest from the unreal. What’s […]
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How did it happen that I became a suit in a sea of T-shirts and jeans? Walking across the University at Albany campus this week, I recognized a touch of desperation in my hope: Hey, kids, I’m cool! Surely they could sense that I was more like one of them than I looked. But, really, […]
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Several Times Union staffers are being honored tonight in Syracuse at the New York State Associated Press Association annual meeting for work in 2006-2007. And Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain steps down after spending the past year as president of the Association’s board of directors. Succeeding Spain is Ben Weller, assistant managing editor for […]
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These are the top 10 stories viewed on timesunion.com last week, Sept. 9-15: 1. Water pistol prizes draw a sharp rebuke 2. Two women charged in attack 3. Son kills county legislator, self on family farm 4. Colonie police seek suspected thieves 5. Community grieves 2 lost lives 6. Body found by Hudson River 7. […]
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Because you’re reading this column, there’s one thing about you … and only one thing … that I know for sure: You understand English. You may parlez-moi in French or Spanish, but I can write comprehensibly only in the mother tongue of Indiana, the land of my forebears, so that’s where we must meet, linguistically. […]
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Ah, Britney, Britney, Britney … on the MTV Video Music Awards. What’s on your mind? Call our comment line at 518-454-5440. Leave only your first name and hometown – and keep your comments to the point.
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